| SCHNABEL | Julian -, director of films Before Night Falls and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| ELLE | Magazine that "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" author Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor of |
| FAULKS | Author of the French trilogy consisting of The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray who also penned Jeeves and the Wedding Bells and the James Bond continuation novel Devil May Care (6) |
| ARENAS | Before Night Falls is the autobiography of Cuban writer Reinaldo ... |
| TEES | River in the north-east of England where the High Force falls and the Low Force cascades (4) |
| THEGARDENOFEDEN | Realm of the couple before The Fall and The Paradise (3,6,2,4) |
| KATEBOSWORTH | Actress of the horror films Before I Wake and The Domestics (4,8) |
| EADS | Inventor of the diving bell, James ___ |
| SURETHING | Nap, of course, before night falls (4,5) |
| MILLER | Author of the plays After the Fall and The Crucible (6,6) |
| ARTHUR | Author of the plays After the Fall and The Crucible (6,6) |
| FORTHETIMEBEING | At present, cuddling date before night falls (3,3,4,5) |
| DELPY | Julie, actress who played Celine in the Richard Linklater films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset (5) |
| PEAL | A set of bells and the series of changes rung upon them (4) |
| OPERA | Jorge Martin's "Before Night Falls," e.g. |
| EMLYNWILLIAMS | Welsh actor and dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn Is Green |
| WILLIAMS | Welsh actor and dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn ls Green (5,8) |
| EMLYN | Welsh actor and dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn ls Green (5,8) |
| REFEREE | Judge replaced free roll of film before the end (7) |
| POE | Poet of "The Bells" and "The Raven" |